€100 billion in arms? EU is preparing for war

Commissioner Kubilius announced that specified a concept is being considered for the Union's fresh seven-year budget. He himself described this thought as ‘ambitious’ but at the same time requiring a crucial reinterpretation of many assumptions. [As he added in an interview with Politico](https://www.politico.eu/article/kubilius-next-budget- Should-have-e100-billion-for-defence/), in the current budget at the level of EUR 1 trillion, defence spending was only EUR 10 billion.